Fonds consists of records documenting the transfer of property within the Horrocks family of Oldham, England. The fonds includes a letter of administration granting Samuel Horrock's widow, Betty, the goods of her husband who died intestate; a release of the estates of Samuel Horrocks and Joseph Bradley; assignments and release in the estate of Betty Horrocks; and, a schedule of documents regarding the estate of Samuel Horrocks and Betty Horrocks. The fonds also includes an unidentified parchment document.
Horrocks, Samuel (family)Collection consists of one photograph of Osgoode Hall, taken by the Notman & Fraser studio of Toronto.
Tanenbaum, Howard A.Fonds consists of records created and maintained by H. Stanley Honsberger, a lawyer in Toronto, Ontario. The fonds primarily contains correspondence received by Honsberger, which are largely thank-you letters, letters of congratulations and other miscellaneous personal correspondence. Also included is a file relating to the organization of the 50th reunion of the Osgoode Hall Law School class of 1917.
Honsberger, Hugh Stanley, 1889-1979Fonds consists of a commission granted to Hugh Thomas Kelly.
Fonds consists of textual records from the firm including correspondence, historical documents, and articles. There are photographs of the early partners and staff.
Hughes Amys LLPFonds consists of an article of clerkship agreement, an affidavit, and court certificates relating to the legal career of Isaac Baldwin McQuesten.
McQuesten, Isaac Baldwin, 1847-1888Fonds consists of two photographs of the Toronto Crown Attorney's Office maintained by former Crown Attorney, J. David Gorrell.
Fonds consists of a memoir written by John David Guyer, who practiced law in Hamilton and Little Current, Manitoulin Island. Guyer was a participant at the Sole and Small Firm Practitioner History Project seminar given by the Heritage Committee in Toronto in June of 2005.
Guyer, John DavidFonds consists of a note book maintained by James Beaty, Jr., while serving in executive positions in the Osgoode Club, a debating society organized to better prepare students for the profession of law through readings, discussions and debates.
Beaty, James, Jr., 1831-1899Fonds consists of a volume of Justice James Buchanan Macaulay's bench notes.
Macaulay, James Buchanan, 1793-1859Fonds consists of correspondence documenting the appointment of James Cashman as the first Crown Attorney for the District of Manitoulin. Most of the correspondence consist of replies to requests for support, and letters of congratulation after the appointment. Several letters regard expenses and accomodations for Crown Attorneys throughout the province. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Correspondence
Cashman, James W., fl. 1899-1941Fonds consists of photographs relating to the life and career of James Chalmers McRuer. The photographs depict the ceremony opening the courthouse in Belleville, Ontario, a committee meeting, and Osgoode Hall Law School reunions.
McRuer, James Chalmers, 1890-1985Fonds consists predominantly of office administrative records created or accumulated by James Henry Shannon. These records pertain to Shannon's legal work for individuals and for the Town of Harriston, as well as his work as an insurance agent. The records in the fonds include correspondence, invoices, legal forms, newspaper clippings, and a patent.
Shannon, James Henry, 1880-1955Fonds consists of two volumes of printed lecture notes by Professor Donald A. MacRae, a lecturer at Osgoode Hall Law School. The volumes relate to courses in evidence and real property. Both volumes were maintained by James W. MacKinnon, a law student who attended both courses by MacRae. The volume of notes on real property has been heavily annotated by MacKinnon.
MacKinnon, James William, 1923-2000Fonds consists of records relating to the education, social interests and professional career of James Woods Mallon. Records relate to his legal education and clerkship, his career with Francis A. Anglin and later with the Ontario government, his involvement with the Osgoode Legal and Literary Society, and other matters.
Mallon, James Woods, b. 1864Fonds consists of a memoir written by Janet Bradley upon her retirement as a lawyer in October 2019.
Bradley, JanetCollection consists of mortgages pertaining to land transfers made in the Counties of Essex, Hereford and Worcester in England during the 1700s and 1800s.
Kerbel, Joel Anthony Leon, 1942-1995Fonds consists of certificates and commissions relating to the legal and teaching career of John Alexander Robinson. The fonds also includes one hand-written promissory note relating to a financial matter.
Robinson, John A., fl. 1882Fonds consists of records pertaining to the legal career and life of Sir John Alexander Boyd, an Ontario lawyer, judge and chancellor. The record in this fonds, which are a Senate address and resolution, a letter and a published poem, document Boyd's activities as a student, his appointment as Chancellor of Ontario, and commemorations made by the University of Toronto after his death in 1916.
Boyd, John Alexander, 1837-1916Collection consists of a note written by Arthur Orton (1834-1898), widely known as "the Claimant", during the Tichborne case in England during the 1860s and 1870s. The note is believed to have been written by Orton during his criminal case trial (Regina v. Castro) in 1873.